# Trump told Ukraine it had no cards. Then Kyiv took the war to Russia

https://mins.news/en/item/18966

- The Associated Press, 2026-08-11 10:15 UTC
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- Original: https://bit.ly/4i196uT

> U.S. President Donald Trump told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy last year that Ukraine had “no cards” in its fight against Russia. Since that meeting, however, Ukraine has demonstrated that it can carry the war into Russia. The shift challenges the earlier portrayal of Kyiv as lacking meaningful leverage in the conflict.

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